Improvement in instruments for ringing swine



W. D. BROWN. Instrument for Ringing Swine.

N o.= 206,4i9. Patented July 30,1878.

MPEIERS, PHOTO-UTMQGRAFNER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM D. BROWN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOIt T0 WM. B.CHAMBERS, J. ED. BERING, AND WM. J. QUINLAN, OF DECATUR, ILL.

lMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS FOR RINGING SWINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 206,4l9, dated July 30,1878; application filed July 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, \VILLIAM D. BnowN, of Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful ImprovedInstrument for Inserting Rings in the Snout of Swine, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in instruments used forinserting rings in the snout of swine.

The object of my invention is to provide a device that will force oneend of aringthrough the flesh and gristle of a hogs nose, while theother end remains at rest, and close the two ends of the rings togetheroutside of the nose, so that the joint cannot enter and irritate thewound.

In the accompanying drawing, in which like letters of reference in thedifferent figures indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents aside view ofthe pinchers open, showing the position of a ring-blank inserted in thejaw preparatory to closing the rings. Fig. 2 repre sents the pincherspartially closed, showing one straight end of the ring as it wouldappear after passing through the snout of a hog and just entering theguide-groove in the V- shaped jaw. Fig. 3 represents the pinchers closedand the ring bent until its beveled ends are closed tightly together.Fig. 4 represents the extreme end of the curved jaw, and Fl 5 is an endview of the V-shaped jaw.

The ring shown in the various figures is merely shown for the purpose ofillustrating the operation of the pinchers and the condition of the ringat different stages of the operation; and to said ring-blank I make noclaim in this application, as it is the subject-matter of a separate anddistinct application for Letters Patent.

In the accompanying drawings, A and B represent the handles of thepinchers, which are pivoted together in the ordinary manner. The jaw Eforms part of the handle A, and is semicircular in form, with no groovein its inner face except at the end of the jaw, where the groove 9 isformed between the two pro jecting lips or flanges ff, as shown in Fig.

4; but the groove 9 and flanges f f may be omitted, if desired. Theother jaw, O D, forms part of the handle B, and is of peculiarconstruction, to wit: The V-shaped parts 0 I) have grooves k k in theirinner straight sides, as shown by dotted lines in the drawing, and by anend view of the jaw in Fig. 5. The groove 7; holds the straight part (1of the ringblank, and the end of the ring rests in the angle formed atthe junction of the grooves la k at the base of the V-shaped jaw O l),and the angle prevents the slipping of the ring at the lower end, thuscausing the upper curved end to slide on the under side of the uppercurved jaw. The curved inner surface of the jaw E holds the curved partd of the ring, as shown.

\Vhen the ring is to be inserted in a hogs snout, the pinchers,containing a ring, are adjusted so that the upper curved end of the ringis above the snout. The pinchers are then closed, causing the bent partof the ring to be bent more and slide around the curved inner face ofthe jaw 19, thus causing the end (1 of the ring to enter and passthrough the flesh and gristle of the hogs nose in a curved manner untilthe end (1 comes in close contact with the other end of the ring that isheld in the V-shaped jaw, after which the pinchers are removed andthering left in the snout with its two ends outside of the flesh, where itcannot irritate the wound.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hog-ringing instrument, the V-sl1aped jaw O D, with grooves k k,operating in connection with a curved ja-w, ll, substantially as shownand described.

I11 testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM 1). BROWN.

Vitnesses 13.0. FRINK, BELoRD PHILLIPS.

